Paid holidays: Number of days provided

Table 33. Paid holidays: Number of days provided, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2013

(All workers with paid holidays = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid holidays

Meannumberof days

Mediannumberof days

Lessthan 5days

5days

6days

7days

8days

9days

10days

11days

12days

13days

14days

Greaterthan 14days

All workers

8

3

22

12

12

9

14

8

6

3

2

2

8

8

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

3

1

15

10

13

11

18

11

9

5

2

3

9

9

Management, business, and financial

1

1

10

9

15

12

23

11

9

4

2

3

9

10

Professional and related

3

1

18

10

12

10

15

10

9

6

2

4

9

9

Teachers

8

2

10

6

6

10

13

12

8

7

6

12

10

10

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

11

2

15

6

–

7

11

12

5

–

–

–

10

10

Registered nurses

5

–

41

13

10

7

5

5

4

–

1

–

8

7

Service

17

3

26

13

9

6

7

6

5

4

2

2

7

7

Protective service

3

[2]

12

10

7

10

10

17

13

12

3

2

10

10

Sales and office

10

2

26

14

12

8

14

6

4

2

1

1

8

7

Sales and related

21

4

37

12

11

5

6

3

1

[2]

–

–

6

6

Office and administrative support

5

2

21

15

12

9

17

7

6

3

1

2

8

8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

5

4

30

14

10

8

11

8

5

2

1

2

8

7

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

7

4

30

13

11

10

10

7

5

1

[2]

1

8

7

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3

4

31

15

9

7

12

8

5

2

1

2

8

7

Production, transportation, and material moving

6

4

22

11

16

10

14

7

5

2

1

2

8

8

Production

3

3

19

9

15

13

17

9

6

–

–

3

9

9

Transportation and material moving

8

5

25

13

17

7

11

6

4

2

1

1

8

7

Full time

5

2

21

12

13

10

15

8

6

4

2

2

9

8

Part time

27

5

30

11

9

4

7

3

1

2

1

1

6

6

Union

2

1

13

7

12

9

13

14

13

8

4

6

10

10

Nonunion

9

3

24

13

12

9

14

7

5

3

1

2

8

8

Average wage within the following categories:3

Lowest 25 percent

23

5

33

14

9

5

6

3

2

1

1

1

6

6

Lowest 10 percent

39

8

27

10

7

3

3

2

–

[2]

–

–

5

6

Second 25 percent

7

3

28

13

13

8

13

6

5

3

1

1

8

7

Third 25 percent

3

2

18

12

13

10

16

10

7

4

2

3

9

9

Highest 25 percent

2

1

13

10

13

12

19

10

9

5

2

4

9

9

Highest 10 percent

2

1

10

8

13

13

22

10

10

6

2

4

10

10

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

3

3

18

10

13

14

18

9

6

2

1

2

9

9

Service-providing industries

9

3

23

13

12

8

13

7

6

4

2

2

8

8

Education and health services

4

2

25

12

8

6

11

8

7

7

3

6

9

8

Educational services

4

2

6

3

7

8

14

12

10

11

8

14

11

11

Elementary and secondary schools

7

3

11

4

5

7

14

11

8

8

8

14

11

10

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1

1

1

2

9

8

12

15

13

14

9

15

12

12

Healthcare and social assistance

4

2

36

17

9

5

9

6

5

4

1

2

8

7

Hospitals

2

–

40

15

11

7

7

–

8

6

[2]

–

8

7

Public administration

[2]

[2]

–

–

2

9

13

27

25

16

5

1

11

11

1 to 99 workers

10

4

27

16

12

8

12

5

3

2

1

1

7

7

1 to 49 workers

10

4

28

16

13

6

11

5

3

1

1

1

7

7

50 to 99 workers

10

3

23

15

11

12

13

6

4

3

–

–

8

7

100 workers or more

6

2

18

9

12

10

15

10

8

5

2

3

9

9

100 to 499 workers

9

2

24

11

12

10

13

8

5

3

1

1

8

8

500 workers or more

2

1

13

7

12

10

18

11

12

6

3

5

10

10

Geographic areas

New England

6

2

15

13

10

11

14

12

9

5

1

2

9

9

Middle Atlantic

7

2

17

14

12

10

15

7

9

4

2

3

9

8

East North Central

7

1

27

12

10

10

15

5

5

3

2

4

8

8

West North Central

4

2

30

12

15

9

10

–

5

2

–

1

8

8

South Atlantic

11

4

25

11

11

8

13

8

6

3

1

1

8

7

East South Central

11

4

15

12

14

9

15

9

5

1

1

4

8

8

West South Central

7

3

26

13

11

8

12

8

4

4

1

2

8

8

Mountain

9

2

22

11

17

–

16

9

3

2

–

1

8

8

Pacific

7

2

18

12

14

9

15

8

6

5

3

2

9

8

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note forfurther explanation.

2Less than 0.5.

3Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the average wage for the occupation, which may include workers with earnings both above and below thethreshold. The categories were formed using percentile estimates generated using data from the National Compensation Survey publication, "Employer Costs for EmployeeCompensation - March 2013."

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions ofmajor plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20122013.htm.